Over the next twelve months, Student/Young Pugwash UK will be publishing ideas and research from our members about the risks and opportunities of emerging technologies. Our first paper is a think piece by Dávid Almási, an undergraduate at University of Warwick, who considers whether changes in mass communication technologies will affect how governments justify but […]
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British Pugwash Annual Report 2017
Published on 16th August 2018 in Uncategorised, Current projects – feed, Annual reports, Publications, Recently published
Key topics include: developments on the international scene, including US and Russia; Trident: emerging technologies; the NPT RevCon and the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI); science and ethics: the ethics of modern robotics; energy policy and climate change; Student / Young Pugwash activities; events in 2017 Read or download the report
New podcast – Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness!
Published on 18th June 2018 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Current projects – feed, Disarmament, Chemical and Biological Weapons, British Pugwash projects, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Events
British Pugwash was the host of a major, public awareness campaign for over 10 years – WMD Awareness – which educated the public and politicians about the reality of nuclear (and other) weapons. One of the leading lights of the initiative – Luke Wilson – has made a fantastic podcast about the history and insights […]
“Emerging technologies and strategic anti-submarine warfare”
Published on 17th April 2018 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Current projects – feed, International Peace & Security
British Pugwash discussion meeting Thursday 26 April, 18.00-19.30 “Emerging technologies and strategic anti-submarine warfare”. Sebastian Brixey-Williams presents findings from a joint British Pugwash/BASIC project.
Report of COMEST on Robotics Ethics
Published on 23rd October 2017 in Current projects – feed, Ethics of Science, International Peace & Security, Remote Control Weaponry, Recently published
A new report adopted by The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) in September 2017 addresses the ethical and legal issues of armed robotic systems and their implications for the changing nature of warfare.
Global Climate Finance: Securing a low carbon future (SOAS, 27th April 2017)
Published on 29th April 2017 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Current projects – feed, Recent events, Student Young Pugwash Events
At this Student / Young Pugwash (SYP) seminar, Federico Mazza from Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and Aneil Tripathy from Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) discussed the current state of global climate finance and considered solutions to secure the resources needed to secure a low carbon transition. Some points made: The IEA has calculated that investments equal to […]